Fridays Dispatch

• "This is a lovely king-size leather bed from Restoration Hardware which we paid just over $4,000 including shipping & tax... Our 'designer' says it's got to go and be replaced with a four-poster." craigslist ad



• I've been looking for cheap furniture for my new house.



• I don't even know who you are but, I hate your guts.



• Would like to learn how to build a rocking chair and I probably will soon (at least try).



• Bought 22 movies for 60 bucks at a pawnshop today. Somebody must have switched over to Blu Ray and sold 2- 300 to the shop (all sort of same type, excellent condition, some still have the guys name on the back.)



• Remember when if you did business with a pawnshop it was about a step up from conspiring in an organized crime deal? It's so widely understood they're a place for deals now, I routinely see stuff selling for well over what you could buy it new.



• Your shopping hint for the day: when doing business with pawnshops and want to buy jewelry- knock at least 30% off the price and make an offer.



• There was an old code on their stocks price tags no longer in use you could use to figure out how much a lot of shops had in the item. It went like this: MARYLOUISE- M was one, then all the way up to E as zero with X as a decimal point. AEXEE would mean they had 20 dollars in the item. (20.00)



• It's been 15+ years since I've thought about that but, it was something like that and back in the day I could read them faster than the workers. To get the deal you had to let them make at least about 15%.



• I've never pawned anything in my life though.



• I think I've mowed my lawn 4 times already this year and I've yet to put out fertilizer.



• There's a battery powered riding mower out now.



• I'm not even sure how I ended up with the pic of the woman above but, isn't she pretty and intriguing?


• I think maybe she's the ultra rich, non crazy, no baggage having, island, giant ranch, giant yacht and and Learjet owning, my kids adoring, Sunday School teaching, Kama Sutra devotee-ing, sex crazed woman who sent me an email telling me of her infatuation with me and requesting a meeting.


• If it is- write me back honey, my computer crashed and I lost your information.